From Australian dairy farms to Indian crop insurers, the integration of geospatial data into a host of innovative solutions is helping global agriculture work smarter and more sustainably.
Planet | Carbon Mapper Launches Satellite Program to Pinpoint Methane and CO2 Super Emitters
The demand for organic, ethical and environmentally friendly products has grown substantially in the past years. According to a report from McKinsey, “Fashion’s New Must Have: Sustainable Sourcing At Scale.”,…
WattTime, a non-profit subsidiary of the Rocky Mountain Institute, just announced they will be using satellite imaging to measure the air pollution coming from power plants and making all of their information…
The Danish government is considering introducing stickers showing the environmental impacts of food purchases so that consumers can see the effects of their purchases on the climate. The initiative has…
Global Fishing Watch, a website open to anyone with an internet connection, is being used to track movements of fishing fleets on the high seas. Google launched the website in…
Australia’s export beef brands have collaborated with business service firm PricewaterhouseCooper’s (PwC) to develop a food trust product traceability scheme allowing customers to scan meat to confirm its authenticity. The…
The French brand C’est Qui le Patron (Who’s the Boss), which allows consumers to set prices for products, is to become a label and begin certifying other branded products. Launched…
Samuel Smith on Twitter @Unilever, the first major consumer goods company to disclose the #PalmOil suppliers & mills it sources from. A bid towards greater #SupplyChain #transparency. #signalofchange https://t.co/eHtVJuwzin
Social collaboration platform Colony enables users on a team to contribute their skills to a project, and pays people in proportion to the amount of work they contribute. The platform…
More of us are asking who’s eating what in the food supply chain. As consumers wake up to the impact of livestock farming (14.5% of global emissions), fingers are pointing…
Fiona Dowson on Twitter Target, Zara, and others have agreed to map their Chinese factories’ pollution in real time https://t.co/jimfe3mfsB via @qz #signalofchange #transparency
